Copyright - Introduction

Resources

"They believed that things went not by luck, but by law; that there was not a weak or a cracked link in the chain that joins the first and last of things."
Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Power" (1860)

General Web Guides

	Copyright Basics (US Copyright Office, Circular 1)
	University of Indiana Copyright Management Center
	University of Texas Crash Course in Copyright
	American Library Association: Copyright
	Copyright Law and Recent Changes (U. Mass)

The Law

	US Copyright Office
	A complete version of the US Copyright law, US Code Title 17: http://www.copyright.gov/title17/index.html
	Law About Copyright (Cornell Law School)
	Institute for Computer Law and Policy (Edcause & Cornell)
	United States Copyright Office, A Brief History and Overview (US Copyright Office Circular 1a)
	When Works Pass Into the Public Domain (U. of North Carolina - Length of Copyright)
	Timeline: A History of Copyright in the United States (ARL)
	Opposing Copyright Extension (Dennis Karjala, Arizona State) see also The Eldred Act

Court Cases

	ALA Court Cases Site
	Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
	The Copyright WebSite (lots of great examples)
	Selected Copyright Decisions of the US Supreme Court (Cornell)

Fair Use

	Stanford University: Copyright & Fair Use
	Fair Use in Education
	Fair Use of Copyrighted Materials (U. of Texas)
	Fair Use Guidelines for Educational Multimedia (U. of Texas)
	Fair Use Guidelines for Educational Multimedia: Background and Summary (U. of Pennsylvania)
	Highlights of the Fair Use Guidelines for Educational Multimedia (Penn State)
	Fair Use of Copyrighted Works: A Crucial Element in Educating America (CETUS)

Classroom Use

The TEACH Act (2002)

	The TEACH Act (UI Copyright Management Center)
	TEACH Act Toolkit (NCSU)

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) (1998)

	Digital Millennium Copyright Act (American Library Assoc.)
	Digital Millennium Copyright Act (Social Law Library)

Library Use

Asking Permission

	Getting Permission (U. of Texas)
	Obtaining Permissions (with sample letter) (CETUS)

Guidelines

10 Big Myths About Copyright

Digital Rights Management

Intellectual Property

	Intellectual Property Policy Guidelines (U. of Texas)
	Intellectual Property and Technology (Boston College Law School)
	Copyright and Intellectual Property (ARL)

Books (links are to Amazon)

	Crews, Kenneth D. Copyright Essentials for Librarians and Educators, American Library Association, Chicago and London, 2000.
	Crews, Kenneth D. Copyright, Fair Use, and the Challenge for Universities: Promoting the Progress of Higher Education, The University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London, 1993.

Journal Articles (PURL links are to Infotrac or Ebscohost)

General Copyright Issues

Gatlin, Rebecca and Arn, Joseph V. "AACSB Deans' Understanding of Multimedia Copyright Laws and Guidelines." Journal of Education for Business Jul/Aug99, Vol. 74 Issue 6, p368. EbscoHost PURL: http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?an=2190969&db=afh

Fair Use

Russell, Carrie. "Fair use under fire: ALA's copyright expert gives her take on the challenges digital rights management presents for end users--and librarians." Library Journal, August 2003 v128 i13 p32(3). PURL: http://web4.infotrac.galegroup.com/itw/infomark/61/38/40382117w4/
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MetaSites (Guides to other copyright sites)

	Copyright Resources Online (Yale)
	Copyright Issues in Higher Education

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